Romanee Saint Vivant 2014

The wine in this vintage

After a cool, uncertain summer, fine September weather in 2014 allowed healthy grapes to be harvested, yielding fragrant, balanced wines of great purity. The Romanée-Saint-Vivant 2014 is a faithful portrait of this luminous vintage: strawberry, raspberry, rose, white pepper and a touch of forest floor, with a silky, harmonious palate of good persistence. Robert Parker rated it 95 points. It is already pleasurable and expressive, but its structure allows it to be kept for several more years, during which it will develop further complexity. It would pair beautifully with roast pigeon or wild mushrooms.

The producer · Domaine de la Romanee-Conti

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti is, by universal consent, the ultimate reference point in Burgundy and one of the most revered names in the world of wine. Based in Vosne-Romanée, at the heart of the Côte de Nuits, it takes its name from the vineyard bought by the Prince of Conti in 1760. Since the nineteenth century the estate has been tied to the de Villaine family, joined in the twentieth century by the Leroy and later Roch families; Aubert de Villaine steered it for decades with a vision both rigorous and humble. The Domaine owns the two monopoles of Romanée-Conti and La Tâche, along with major holdings in Richebourg, Romanée-Saint-Vivant, Grands-Échezeaux, Échezeaux and Montrachet, more recently joined by Corton and Corton-Charlemagne. Organic and biodynamic farming, very low yields, harvesting at full ripeness and generous use of whole clusters produce wines of extraordinary transparency, depth and longevity: pure statements of terroir rather than of cellar style.

Critics' scores

• 95 Robert Parker
• 18.5/20 Jancis Robinson

Technical details

Producer

Domaine de la Romanee-Conti

Region

Burgundy

Country

Francia

Type

Rosso

Vintage

2014

When to drink

Hold, still evolving

Critics' average

95/100

Sizes

75 cl, Magnum 150 cl, Case of 6 × 75 cl

eWibe code

0450414